China Duty Free Group appoints Lee Charn Cheng as COO

China Duty Free Group (CDFG) has announced the appointment of Lee Charn Cheng (CC Lee) as Chief Operating Officer.

A seasoned retail professional with a wealth of travel-retail experience, Lee spent 26 years with DFS Group, serving as managing director of Singapore and subsequently  managing director for Australia before leaving to join Valiram Group as Country Manager for Singapore. His most recent position was CEO for Lagardère Travel Retail responsible for Singapore and Malaysia and overseeing business developments in Hong Kong.

Lee commented: “My last five years with Lagardère Travel Retail has been exciting as we see significant business growth. I thank my bosses Dag and Emmanuel for their support. I look forward to the exciting challenge of assisting CDFG in realising its vision and global ambition. CDFG has a great team and I am highly confident of building on their strengths.”

A CDFG statement said Lee’s broad retail background and portfolio was a strong asset and would bring CDFG to the next level as a top global retailer offering a broad new exciting spectrum of retail experience to customers.